Meanwhile I've splashed some more cash. There's a big clearance sale thread for an established climbing team who is quitting. I splurged 220k on a 30yo 207 climber but with 95 CL which would cost a fortune to train up. Probably a bit much but that's auctions.
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I’m already having second thoughts about academy recruit Rex Kinney (see above) for two reasons: blowing all that cash on the expensive purchase yesterday; plus running Kinney’s potentials through my Excel model and him not quite stacking up. With SP and TT being two of his Goods, he needs to be a captain and the climbing just isn’t enough.
Unless he’s of use to any of you I will try a 60-day sale thread.
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Ian Totty's 2nd place in Tilal Tunis sends us back up to div 2 but, more importantly, it sends Ian top of the Manx riders' table, which I'm not sure one of my riders has ever managed before.
Picked up a 228 climber from the Free Hire list. He's 35, but still, not bad. I think your CL95 guy sounds like a good investment Sits.
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One stage too far in Odyssey of the Oryx. Jarboe was second for the first few stages, took the lead by three seconds on the TT and then dropped to second again on the penultimate.
The final stage he got dragged home by Palmer and Laney over a minute down which dropped him to 4th in GC.
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I am waiting to see if the last seat on a late season Div3 tour called Karpaty - Tyr stays free. It’s at 23/24 and one wildcard hasn’t been used but I think they may now be in a higher division. I think it becomes “public” in around 11 hours but whether I’m in the right place at the right time who knows? It’s like waiting for Ticketmaster.
It’s a new tour I’d never even noticed before or I would have got on board at the outset and maybe looked at TF for Kalisa.
While he was injured and van Hintum resetting I gave number 3 man Edan Hurless a TF spell and he managed two 2nd places, a 3rd and a 7th to pull us back into D3.Last edited by Sits; 28-03-2024, 22:44.
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Originally posted by delicatemoth View PostUgh, is it one of those where it's obvious after stage 1 that half a dozen of your rivals are in TF and you're just not going to do anything? My sympathies.
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I see Gullifer is 2nd on GC after three stages, keep up the great work matt j
On a more mundane note, with ten days left the Locknuts are currently set for only their third best season to date. Signed up for three final possible scoring races in Judenburg, Medellin and Garten/Gaur but not sufficient I don’t think.
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Ha, yes, Netherlands's meta* has changed quite a bit under the new time calculations and sprint bonuses. Gullifer has been lucky to hold 2nd because the bonuses have been spread around to a big variety of riders so far (except for Morgovejo, who bosses this tour). Stage 5 and Stage 6 are pure sprints, typically not great for my squad.
I'd been debating with myself (briefly) whether to try and have one of the better sprinters defend Gullifer's GC position, but the spaces are too narrow to 3rd and beyond, so the IoM captain has to fend for himself.
*Up until last season, you could place high in the ITT and expect to hold onto a solid GC with no further results, this is not really possible anymore.
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There seems to be a burst of T&T riders about to hit the free hire list. This one showed up today, I will be selling him roughly mid next season:
Name: Alan Severns
Team: Trinidad and Tobago
Age: 22 years
Birthday: Day 16
Team Spirit: 93%
Experience: Level 1Fox River since 13/04-2024
Races on team: 0
Total races: 0OCM Tour Rank: 4129 th
OCM Tour Points: 0
Trinidad and Tobago Tour Rank: 11 th
Average Skill: 29
Release value: 34.377Potential: CL: Good
DH: Average
HL: GoodSP: None
FR: Small
CB: SmallTT: Average
TQ: None
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Darrel ClossonShamus TomerlinCL: Very good
DH: Small
HL: GoodSP: None
FR: None
CB: NoneTT: Small
TQ: None
CL: Small
DH: Small
HL: Average
SP: Small
FR: Small
CB: Small
TT: Very good
TQ: Small
Chatwin GinnCL: Small
DH: Small
HL: SmallSP: Good
FR: Small
CB: NoneTT: Good
TQ: Average
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